2004 WORKHORSE W22 — Complaint #1844182
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER filed September 28, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1844182 (ODI reference 11486858) concerns a 2004 WORKHORSE W22 and was filed on September 28, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 28, 2018. The vehicle had 60,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Oklahoma based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:disc:caliper, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same WORKHORSE W22 cohort independently describe similar service brakes, air:disc:caliper failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2004 WORKHORSE W22 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2004 Workhorse W22 RV. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the brakes heated up and seized. The contact stated that the ABS warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled over and smelled a burning odor. The contact stated that he waited for over one hour for the brakes to cool and then he continued driving to his destination. The contact stated that the failure became constant and he no longer took the RV on long trips. The contact had taken the RV to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the calipers, pistons, sensors, and rotors needed to be replaced. The RV had been repaired; however, the failure reoccurred. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1844182 |
| ODI Number | 11486858 |
| Date Filed | September 28, 2022 |
| Failure Date | June 28, 2018 |
| VIN | 5B4MP67G443 |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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